Improvement in constructing fifes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN \V. TANNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTING FIFES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,433, dated July 5, 1864.

To all irhom it may concern Be it known that I, JoIIN W. TANNEE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Method of Mal;- in g Fifes; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, figures, and letters of reference thereon, making part ot' this specitcation.

In the drawings, Figure I is a plain eleva tion of a O-ife. Fig. 2 is the linger part of a B-fe.

My invention consists in making afe convertible for convenience of transportation for soldiers, as well as greatly reducing the cost of manufacture, whereby, with three pieces or joints, a B or C iife is athand, as may be desired.

I construct my fes from metal tubes of the proper size and length, enlarging the part A desired.

} for the wind-holo by inserting thereon a larger tube, as shown in the drawings, and filling the space between the two with soft metal, the i joint D for the finger-piece being made by inserting and soldering a piece ot' tube to the main part. The iinger-holes are made by soldering to the tube pieces of the proper size at proper distances apart for a B or C tite, as

The holes are then drilled and iinished.

In the drawings, Fig. 2 is the iingerpiece ot a B and Fig. l of a O fe. i I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, a i tite made convertible, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN NV. TANNER.

Witnesses EDWARD OsBoRNE, WILLIAM W RAY. 

